consultants
Managing Director (MAICD)
  | Manny (MBA, M.Eng) has over 20 years of business experience working in blue chip organisations across the globe (France, Brazil, UK and Australia) and managing a portfolio of business interests.
After a few years at Accenture (Paris and Sao Paulo), he moved to London with BNP Paribas Capital Markets, Edinburgh with the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Glasgow and Melbourne with the National Australia Bank, running IT strategy and planning.
Manny founded BSB in 2005 and is the Managing Director. He is a Director at Ponto Combo (Media Solutions) and Pitch Club (Entrepreneurship). Manny is also a senior strategy consultant with Pitcher Partners consulting.
Qualifications include a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA from Edinburgh University (AMBA accredited) focusing on finance and corporate restructuring. Manny is AICD member. |
Associate Director
 | Mark is a triple degree qualified (MBA, MSc, BEng) business professional who has successfully led substantial enterprises (250+ people, tens of millions in profit), consulted across a range of industries and achieved significant results in specialist functions as diverse as corporate strategy, operations, project management, logistics and engineering.
Mark focuses on strategy and aligning organisations and processes to deliver strategy. His experience spans the continuum from Corporate Strategy (what businesses / markets, portfolio, M&A, etc) and Competitive Strategy (market positioning, value propositions, segmentation, pricing, etc) to aligning Operational and Organisational capabilities (business models, organisational structures, capabilities, processes, KPIs, etc). |
 | Jo Buckle began her marketing career as a Product Manager for Cadbury Ltd in the UK, where she managed a multi-million UK pound budget for a portfolio of brands across all elements of the marketing mix. She subsequently moved to the not-for-profit sector, and the health care industry in particular. In Australia, she worked for the Royal Children’s Hospital in various roles over six years, and has also been employed by the University of Melbourne.
She has experience in advertising, market strategy and market research, as well as event management and general business administration. She obtained her BA (Hons) in Business Management Studies from Leeds University and studied for her MBA at Edinburgh University. She has been working for BSB since 2005 as a director and consultant. |
 | Mark is a full-time BBE (Bachelor of Business in Entrepreneurship) student at RMIT and working hard at becoming a serial entrepreneur. Mark works part-time at BSB, in management support and as a junior consultant.
His previous experiences include Melbourne Coffee Review (business plan and increasing revenue generation), Somage Fine Foods (packaging design and customer relationships).
Mark is currently working in Pitch Club (management support) Victoria Electricity (sales) and also the Not-For-Profit sector, through the development of a new concept for Xsight Photography. |